Home Inotropic Therapy in Children

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 453-457

  M Berg, Alexandria ^a   Snell, Lecia ^a   T Mahle, William ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; MILRINONE; NESIRITIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INOTROPISM; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHILD; DOBUTAMINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOME INFUSION THERAPY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MILRINONE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34247127757     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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